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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Representative issues Amsterdam Recommendations defending freedom of the Internet
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
What we do: Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 17 June 2003- At the end of a two-day conference on Internet-related perils to freedom of expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for the OSCE to take up a strong position towards...
World Wide Web stands for media freedom, hears OSCE Conference
Publishing date: 13 June 2003
What we do: Hate speech, Media freedom on the internet
AMSTERDAM, 13 June 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and the Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, opened the conference "Freedom of the Media and the Internet" in the City Hall of Amsterdam today. "When it comes to...
OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers
Publishing date: 30 May 2003
What we do: Human rights, Media pluralism
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...
OSCE media watchdog asks U.S. to clarify detention of French journalists
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
What we do: Human rights, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 26 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for clarifications regarding the detention of six French journalists on arrival in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 May...
Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 May 2003
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...
Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...
OSCE Media Representative focuses on freedom of expression in the digital era
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
What we do: Digital switchover, Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 14 April 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today published a booklet titled From Quill to Cursor-- Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era. Experts from UNESCO and the Council of Europe as well as...
Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
What we do: National minority issues, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...
OSCE Mission condemns bomb attack on Croatian publisher
Publishing date: 3 March 2003
ZAGREB, 3 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has condemned Saturday's bombing of the car belonging to the prominent Croatian publisher, Ninoslav Pavic, owner of the media house, Europapress Holding. While the act of terror...